Pastels---

I have finally broke out the pastels.....I bought a nice Rembrandt set 15 whole sticks, 30 half sticks about 4 years ago. And I let them sit in the box. Then I bought a box of mixed colors of pastels at a yard  sale for only $3!!!  Ah.... now I can use them and get over my ingrained feeling of being wasteful if I use it....So now with the help of some youtube tutorials videos I'm exploring painting with pastels.....

Seed pods!! I love seed pods.... these are from a vine, not sure what the name is ....

Gulf Fritillary caterpillar starting to go through 
metamorphosis !! 
I went back a few days later,
 but it was no longer there.... maybe eaten? 
Or dropped into the high weeds?

Gulf Fritillary

Gulf Fritillary

Gulf Fritillary

Road Trip!!!!

Built a sleeping platform in

the back of my Honda CRV
-- so K. and I can go camping...
Lots of space underneath....

Planked

I'm not sure why I feel compelled to make stuff from bits of old reclaimed wood, paint, fabric, and rusty metal..... here is the latest.....wish the lighting was better

quick pastel on throwaway cardboard!!!

quick pastel study on a piece of cardstock..... hard to blend..... but basics are there....

two great rides on Fancy....she can be such a brat....Simple serpentines, making  round half circles and switching back,  really gets her mad for some reason!   She'll do a few then decide she's DONE and pins those fine ears, swishes her tail, plants her feet.....I just squeeze tight and start scolding her....she starts moving again.....she's getting more consistent and we're trying a few trotting circles now.... still just bareback and leadropes. I'm amazed at how responsive she is with just that....